Horns
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When people ask what kind of hobby I have, I say, “I play horn.” These are my horns. From Front to back, left to right:
1929 Renee Duvall Compensating Double. Needs a LOT of work
1930 York Piston Horn in F. This is an actual horn, not a mellophone. It’s in pretty good shape [...]

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W: I’m tired, but can’t fall asleep…please play my sleep playlist
iPod: Rockin’ AC/DC!
W: NO!  Soft rock. I’m wanting to fall asleep.  Play my sleep playlist.
iPod: METALLICA!
W: Wait!  Acoustic stuff, soft songs.  Maybe some classical thrown in for good measure.  You know, my sleep stuff.
iPod: OOOOh.  How ’bout some Pretenders stuff.
W: Ok.  That’s good.
iPod: [...]

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The RSO is at Jones Auditorium, Meredith College. 8:00 PM … this will be a FREE concert! (A rarity.)

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For all the years I’ve been playing music…
For all the classical concerts I’ve seen…
I’ve finally realized why, when I listen to similar music on stereo or headphones, I sometimes have to flip the left/right channels.
Most of the time I listen to music, it’s from being on stage with the orchestra. In this case, I’m [...]

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Christmas is a busy time for musicians, although this year ended up being a little weak on the paying side. I only ended up with two Holiday gigs…the Raleigh Symphony performance with the “Elvis Tribute Artist,” and the brass quintet gig that ended up being quite a bit more difficult than originally thought. But [...]

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800+ of your favorite, not so favorite and never before heard Christmas songs, streamed from our house to yours.
(no longer available)

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I’ve been hired to play this weekend for the Durham Chorale Holiday Concert. I’m the horn (of course) in a brass quintet that is providing accompaniment to the choir. This marks the first time I’ve played in a quintet since college. But that’s not really relevant to the story.
Anyway, a couple weeks back, I [...]

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My baby has her first band concert tonight. She embarks upon her voyage into the society of “Band Geeks.”
Granted, today is the first day I can remember in a while that she’s actually practiced outside of the band room. But I can’t really talk, I’m not the best at finding the time to pick [...]

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Haven’t had too much time to work on pictures, so here’s only a couple:
Sitting around waiting for the “bell” to allow us to start:

I am the King of my domain:

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I had hoped to blog a little from the gig today, but I couldn’t get a reliable connection to the intertubes. It’s all done, and I had a blast. There should be pictures, and maybe video to follow. If I go back through and find last year’s post about the gig, I could probably [...]

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